Crosby favored to win the Art Ross Trophy

By Staff Writer September 12, 2013

Martin St. Louis is the defending Art Ross Trophy winner as the NHL's points leader, but it's Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins that enters training camp as the favorite at the sportsbooks to claim that award this season.

St. Louis picked up 60 points in 48 games in last year's lockout-shortened NHL campaign, giving him the Art Ross Trophy by three points over teammate Steven Stamkos and by four points over Crosby and the Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin.

Crosby, though, picked up those 56 points in just 36 games last season, and the oddsmakers at Bodog have him listed as the 9/4 favorite to win the Art Ross Trophy for the second time in his career this season. Crosby led the NHL with 120 points back in the 2006/07 season.

Stamkos is next at 11/2 odds, followed by Ovechkin at 6/1, the Penguins' Evgeni Malkin at 13/2, the New York Islanders' John Tavares at 8/1, and then St. Louis at 10/1. Malkin won the Art Ross Trophy in both 2008/09 and 2011/12, while Ovechkin was the winner in 2007/08.

Crosby is also the 3/1 favorite at Bodog on the odds to win the Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP this season ahead of Ovechkin (6/1) and Stamkos (8/1), while Stamkos is the 5/2 favorite to win the Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goal scorer ahead of Ovechkin (7/2). Crosby is at 13/2 on that NHL betting prop.

The Ottawa Senators' Erik Karlsson is the 4/1 favorite on the odds to win the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman this season ahead of Montreal's P.K. Subban (9/2) and Pittsburgh's Kris Letang (13/2). The Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist is then the slim 4/1 favorite on the odds to win the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender at Bodog ahead of Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick (5/1).

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